Stollmeyer’s castle
Day 280 – Port of Spain, Trinidad After a bit of shopping (sometimes, just the normality of spending a bit of time in a mall is a good thing in a complicated trip), we went to Stollmeyer’s castle to see an exhibition with traditional carnival costumes. (I had forgotten my camera, so I took pictures…
Carnival
Day 279 – Port of Spain, Trinidad For this day -finally, the costumes!-, friends whose house is on the path of several bands -groups of revellers sharing a costume theme and having their own logistic train- opened it to those who wanted to watch them pass. We brought a cooler full of ice and drinks,…
West Indies cooking
Day 277-278 – Port of Spain, Trinidad The next two days were less eventful. I spent some time in the pool (with the dog ecstatic to designate me her play mate), ate new dishes, and even went to the movies. I have now tried roti, which has nothing to do with roasted meat (sorry, French…
Children’s Carnival and Panorama
Day 276 – Port of Spain, Trinidad Saturday was the day for the children’s Carnival, and at night Panorama: the Steelband contest’s finals. Both events -and many other- happen on the Savannah, officially Queen’s Park Savannah, but everybody shortens it to the Savannah. (Streets around the park are one way, but for the Carnival, they…
Trinidad
Day 275 – Port of Spain, Trinidad I don’t think that I have ever waited that long to leave an airport before. Because of Carnival, probably, many people were arriving at the same time… for a limited number of immigration counters. And since I had left the aircraft with the last people -I was in…